The DANGERS and BENEFITS of Storytelling: Panel Discussion with Hana Gala & Jesan Sorrells
In this wide-ranging conversation, Jodah and Dan tackle the topic of organizational storytelling with leadership consultants Hana Gala and Jesan Sorrells. From the issue of the atomization to the importance of being able to embrace multiple realities, the conversation brings in Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Campus, Sartre, Shakespeare, and Joan Didion to illustrate points about the dangers and benefits of storytelling and organizational leadership. Other topics include storytelling and embodiment, the importance of aligning personal narratives and behaviors, and the role followership plays in constructing shared narratives of organizational culture.
MORE ABOUT HANA GALA
Hana teaches Hospitality Management at South Seattle College where she combines her extensive experience in applied research, data analytics, and daily business operations with her insights into somatic intelligence and embodiment, as well as the rewriting of deep beliefs and behavioral patterns.
Hana also serves as the Director of Corporate Coaching for North America in her role as a partner with the consultancy Leadership Associates based in Vienna, Austria. Hana supports her clients through the integration of neurobiology and the transformative power of art and embodiment.
Hana’s LINKEDIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/hana-kabele-gala-068a9a22/
Leadership Associates https://leadership.associates/
MORE ABOUT JESAN SORRELLS
HSCT is remote-first, video-based, software publishing platform company located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. HSCT seeks to help organizations manage and reduce the impact of workplace conflict, encourage organizational innovation, and increase optimal outcomes around leadership development, conflict management and change management. HSCT leverages content platforms, training, and education via their Leadership Toolbox and LeadingKeys products.
Jesan’s latest book 12 Rules for Leaders: The Foundation of Intentional Leadership advances the idea that all problems in all organizations can be solved through the intentional application of effective leadership practices and principles. Leaders who have heard Jesan’s message have changed cultures, changed organizations, and changed their work lives by changing their mindsets, their teams, and their organizations.
Jesan hosts and produces the Leadership Lessons from the Great Books podcast, and previously published Marketing for Peace Builders: How to Market Your Value to a World in Conflict, in 2016 and My Boss Doesn’t Care: 100 Essays on Disrupting Your Workplace by Disrupting Your Boss, in April 2019.
Jesan’s LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesansorrells/
Leadership Toolbox: https://leadershiptoolbox.us/
MORE ABOUT JODAH JENSEN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodah/
MORE ABOUT DAN TARKER
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantarker/
https://www.danieltarker.com
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